Nissim Dahan's Blog – August 2009 Archive (2)

Arabs Need to Talk to the Israelis

Written By:

Shaikh Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa

Crown Prince of Bahrain

We need fresh thinking if the Arab Peace Initiative is to have the impact it deserves on the crisis that needlessly impoverishes Palestinians and endangers Israel's security.

This crisis is not a zero-sum game. For one side to win, the other does not have to lose.

The peace dividend for the entire Middle East is potentially immense. So why have we not gotten… Continue

Added by Nissim Dahan on August 24, 2009 at 6:32pm — No Comments

In Search of Justice

The following article was brought to my attention recently, about the brutal killing of a man on the promenade of a Tel Aviv beach.

Haaretz

August 17, 2009

“Our father was a man of peace,” says daughter of Tel Aviv murder victim.

Hundreds of people accompanied Leonard Karp, who was brutally beaten to death on the promenade of a Tel Aviv beach Friday night, as he was laid to rest in Petah Tikva on Sunday.

Karp’s daughters, one of which was with… Continue

Added by Nissim Dahan on August 18, 2009 at 10:02pm — No Comments